In 2012, an investigation by the New York Times revealed that Walmart facilitated this expansion by bribing local and national officials to overlook a variety of rules, and that an internal inquiry into the matter had been suppressed at corporate headquarters in Arkansas. Challenging Walmart’s defense that it was the victim of a corrupt culture, the Times investigation concluded: Walmart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited. It used bribes to subvert democratic governance—public votes, open debates, transparent procedures. It used bribes to circumvent regulatory safeguards that protect Mexican citizens from unsafe construction. It used bribes to outflank rivals.salon/2014/03/02/how_corporate_america_exports_disease_to_the_rest_of_the_world/
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